Twitter users commenting on a NASA photo let to the scientific discovery of the core of the Milky Way galaxy. The researchers were able to confirm that in the center of our galaxy lays an X-shaped group of stars. The scientists believe that the bulge could offer new information about how the universe had been formed. “The bulge is a key signature of formation of the Milky … [Read more...]
The Gigantic Smith Cloud is Making a Comeback Run for Milky Way
The gigantic Smith Cloud is making a comeback run for Milky Way. The humongous gas cloud is expected to crash in our galaxy’s outer disk in 30 million years time. Since its discovery in the 1960s, Smith Cloud has been a fascinating study object. Plummeting towards the Milky Way at the moment, Smith Cloud could be studied in a detailed fashion. Scientists were particularly … [Read more...]
Star Clusters Found in Milky Way Galaxy
Using the VISTA telescope from the European Southern Observatory, astronomers have uncovered something unexpected at the very heart of our galaxy. Star clusters found in Milky Way Galaxy, prompted the scientists to review their theory that all star formations at the center of our galaxy are very old. A disk of relatively young stars has been discovered in the shadows of … [Read more...]
Bilions Of Stars in Our Galaxy Have Planets That Could Support Life
Scientists from the Niels Bohr Institute in Copenhage and the Australian National University have calculated that billions of stars in the Milky Way, the Galaxy Earth is in, will have between one and three planets in the habitable zone. The researchers believe that these planets have huge reserves of liquid water. They reached this conclusion by using a law from 1766, which … [Read more...]
